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Pepperwood Drive Open Space

Pepperwood Drive Open Space from directly overhead

Pepperwood Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Josephine Way Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.

Tolland Open Space

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Tolland
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.85509, -72.39167
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ronald E. Blake: 1.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.2 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 7.4 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Henry Park: 2.8 mi
  • Middle Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Bolton Lake Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
  • North Cemetery: 3.0 mi
  • Central Park: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 55
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 1.4 mi
  • sensory garden: 3.1 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.7 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 44
  • filled-in well: 3.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.3 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 11.4 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Hockanum Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic: 19.5 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 5.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 5.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Pepperwood Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillNE 54°362 m11.6 mi
Hedgehog HillNE 44°354 m11.7 mi
Chestnut HillN 10°332 m10.3 mi
Bald MountainN 354°322 m9.5 mi
Soapstone MountainN 351°315 m7.3 mi
Perkins MountainN 355°298 m11.7 mi
Paulk HillN 9°294 m1.8 mi
Crow HillNNE 14°292 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/453081207

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